It's easy to avoid the free-for-all -- just use the blogging software's
comment moderation function. No comment is posted until approved by the
moderator. This usually establishes a norm of higher quality comments so
the moderator doesn't have to do too much.

> I'd like to underscore Ted's comments. The PSCF is not the right venue for
> extended exchanges. One follow-up round is sufficient. Further discussion
> is
> more appropriate for the web as Dave O pointed out. For a couple of years
> I've urged Terry to implement an author dialog on our website but first he
> needed to update the underlying content management system. He recently
> completed that so we're ready to move ahead. I hope we can do something
> somewhat different than a mere free-for-all blog but I'm not quite sure
> what.
> As for Dave W's concerns, maybe we can do electronic delivery to
> international addresses in advance of the arrival of the paper copy. We'll
> work on that.
>
> Randy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ted Davis" <TDavis@messiah.edu>
> To: "ASA" <asa@calvin.edu>; "Dick Fischer" <dickfischer@verizon.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 4:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [asa] Arie
>
>
> >
> >>>> "Dick Fischer" <dickfischer@verizon.net> 3/26/2008 3:31 PM >>> said:
> >
> > I had the same problem with Arie. Instead of understanding PSCF to be a
> > forum for getting messages out he seems to want to be a roadblock.
> >
> > ***
> >
> > Ted comments:
> > I don't agree with this perception. There is an exchange between Harry
> > Poe
> > and Dave Siemans in the March issue of PSCF, and that should be
> sufficient
> > for the editor's purposes. It's highly unusual in my experience for
> > journals to keep printing a series of comments from two persons engaged
> in
> > such a discussion--one apiece is normal. Arie needs to keep space for
> new
> > business.
> >
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